| 5,687,352 |
9.92849 |
8.89212 |
Nigeria |
|
Five people including a child were shot dead in an overnight attack in violence-wracked central Nigeria over a cattle dispute. Police in Plateau State said "cattle rustlers" stormed residential quarters of a soil conservation college in Vom, a Christian village on the outskirts of Jos, and killed the five, among them a three-year-old girl. The suspects were after a herd of cattle belonging to one of the college workers |
| 5,687,356 |
7.36667 |
9.05 |
Nigeria |
|
Supports of PDP ambush a AC Nigeria convoy in Yandev, which spurred a clash causing five injuries. Despite the AC claims of the attack the PDP leadership denied the initial assault took place. Further, the PDP alleges members of AC attacked the convoy of the governor, which the AC equally denies. |
| 5,687,360 |
4.77742 |
7.0134 |
Nigeria |
|
A stampede at a campaign rally on Saturday for Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan in the oil-producing Niger Delta region killed at least 11 people and injured 29 others. A witness said a police officer shot into the air as crowd members surged out of the 20,000-seat stadium. While the gunshots were apparently aimed at controlling the crowd, they instead created panic. |
| 5,687,364 |
9.92849 |
8.89212 |
Nigeria |
|
Four people were killed in a pre-dawn attack in central Nigeria's volatile state of Plateau. An elderly woman and her husband were beheaded and two of their grandchildren battered to death by unknown assailants. The criminals were believed to be ritual killers because they beheaded the woman and took her head. |
| 5,687,368 |
11.84644 |
13.16027 |
Nigeria |
|
Gunmen attacked a church Tuesday in northern Nigeria, but it was unclear if there were casualties in the latest such incident in the region where dozens have been killed in recent months. There was an attack on a church around the Gomari area of the city and soldiers stationed there fired back. |
| 5,687,372 |
9.92849 |
8.89212 |
Nigeria |
|
Abdulrahman Akano, police commissioner of Plateau state, where Jos is the capital, said "one anti-bomb squad mobile policeman was stabbed to death" by local youths. |
| 5,687,376 |
10.61285 |
12.19458 |
Nigeria |
|
The deadly stabbing of a police officer sparked clashes in tense central Nigeria on Tuesday as Muslims commemorated the birth of the Prophet Mohammed. Four people were killed and their bodies set ablaze in the Gada-Biu area. |
| 5,687,380 |
9.92849 |
8.89212 |
Nigeria |
|
The deadly stabbing of a police officer sparked clashes in tense central Nigeria on Tuesday as Muslims commemorated the birth of the Prophet Mohammed. The violence in the city of Jos included a gang setting up a roadblock in one neighbourhood, leading to three deaths |
| 5,687,384 |
10.99375 |
10.41179 |
Nigeria |
|
Gunmen attacked a police station in Northern Nigeria on Tuesday. Those killed included a civilian at the police station. |
| 5,687,388 |
12.43303 |
8.51541 |
Nigeria |
|
A man died after being held in police custody, leading to allegations of torture and beatings received by the police. |
